Old School here older pc Question

Post by **ADF-JOKER** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 12:34 pm

I am using DDR400 ram with my 3.2ghz cpu

My question is brand of ram to use im looking at buy some replacement ram. As i have been having pc issues and replaced my cpu,video card and motherbard only thing left is ram. currantly im using kingston ram but think 1 is faulty.

Corsair 2 x 1GB XMS PC3200 / DDR400

anyone had this and is it any good.

Thanks

Post by **ADF-MadOz** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:31 pm

Yeah go for the Corsair, as it's meant to be 1 of the better brands of ram, So I've been told

:)

Post by **ADF-Sniper** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 4:45 pm

Also replace both of them! Put the old ones in the bin if your issues have gone away. Also have you replaced your power supply?

Post by **ADF-NITEOWL** » Tue Dec 30, 2008 6:15 pm

my guess if intermitent problem maybe your power supply 5volt rail
look for a dry Joint. (bad solder joint)

Post by **ADF-JOKER** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 1:53 pm

Thanks guys

Yeah i planned on replaceing all 4gig of my ram

I dont think its my power supply as i updated it like 6months ago to a 450w

ill report back after i get my new ram

thanks

Post by **ADF-Cheech** » Wed Dec 31, 2008 4:52 pm

Just to go in a diff direction...
Joker love ya sig and avtar Hooah!!!!!!!!!!

Post by **ADF-BUNGY** » Fri Jan 02, 2009 5:18 pm

What issues were/are you having?

I just threw out 3GB of PC400 RAM

It was Kingston - had it for around 3yrs I suppose no drama.

My comp was 2004 vintage I suppose.
So old, I could only put an AGP graphics card in it

Have a new rig now( MBR failure on previous HDD so I decided to get new box rather than replace HDD). Going good.

Here is what is in it (pricing Aussie dollar)
Case - ANTEC 900 - $175
PSU - ANTEC ATX TruePower 650W Trio - $137
MB - Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4P - $199
CPU - Intel E8500 Core2Duo 3.16Ghz - $289
RAM - Corsair DDR2 1066 2GB - $76.00
VC - ASUS EAH4850 512mb DDR3 PCIe2.0 - $239
HDD - Samsung 750GB SATAII - $176
Total - $1291.00

Parts I used from old comp
FDD & DVD/CD Drive
Keyboard - ZBoard MERC
Mouse - Razer Death Adder
Monitor - Phillips 19"LCD 190B (pro series) Zero dead pixel warranty for 3 years